Quantitative Trader

Albert Bow; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

A global proprietary trading firm is seeking a Portfolio Manager / Trader to run market-neutral crypto strategies in New York. You will identify and execute relative-value opportunities in crypto derivatives markets, focusing on arbitrage and cross-exchange strategies. This role requires a strong background in quantitative finance and experience trading across major venues like Binance and CME. Join our team to enhance trading infrastructure and collaborate closely with quantitative researchers and engineers.

Qualifications

• Strong background in quantitative finance, mathematics, or related fields.
• Proven experience in trading crypto derivatives or market-neutral strategies.
• In-depth understanding of funding rates, margin optimization, and liquidation dynamics.

Responsibilities

• Manage and execute market-neutral crypto trading strategies across spot and derivatives markets.
• Deploy strategies focused on funding rate arbitrage and cross-exchange relative value opportunities.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to improve execution systems and monitoring.

Skills

Quantitative finance

Mathematics

Computer science

Statistics

Risk management

Experience with perpetual futures mechanics

Liquidity dynamics

Education

Degree in quantitative finance, mathematics, computer science, statistics

Tools

Binance

Bybit

CME

OKX

Deribit

Job description

Portfolio Manager / Trader – Market Neutral Crypto | London, NY & Zurich | $200k + Base + Bonus

A global proprietary trading firm active across derivatives and digital asset markets is seeking a Portfolio Manager / Trader to run market-neutral crypto strategies across centralized and decentralised venues.

The role focuses on identifying and executing relative-value opportunities in crypto derivatives markets, including funding rate arbitrage, basis trading, calendar spreads, and cross-exchange dislocations. The successful candidate will take responsibility for strategy deployment, execution, and risk management, operating within a systematic trading environment.

This position sits within a growing digital asset trading team and offers the opportunity to work closely with engineering, risk, and operations teams to improve trading infrastructure, automation, and portfolio monitoring capabilities.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and execute market-neutral crypto trading strategies across spot and derivatives markets
• Deploy strategies focused on funding rate arbitrage, basis trading, calendar spreads and cross-exchange relative value opportunities
• Maintain strict portfolio neutrality, position sizing discipline, and drawdown control
• Identify and scale systematic relative-value strategies across major digital assets
• Collaborate with engineering and operations teams to enhance execution systems, automation, and real-time risk monitoring

Requirements

• Background in quantitative finance, mathematics, computer science, statistics, or a related field
• Experience trading crypto derivatives or market-neutral relative-value strategies
• Strong understanding of perpetual futures mechanics, funding rates, margin optimisation and liquidation dynamics
• Experience trading across major venues such as Binance, Bybit, OKX, Deribit or CME
• Ability to work closely with quant researchers and engineers to develop and improve trading systems
• Strong risk management discipline and ability to operate effectively in volatile markets

Why This Role Stands Out

Crypto-Native Trading Environment

• Work directly in digital asset markets, trading across both centralised and decentralised venues, with a focus on identifying scalable opportunities within crypto derivatives and relative-value strategies.

Build and Scale Trading Infrastructure

• Join a team where you will contribute to the development and improvement of trading models, execution frameworks, and risk systems, helping shape the evolution of a growing systematic trading platform.
• Collaborate with a group of experienced traders, quantitative researchers, and engineers with backgrounds across leading trading firms and digital asset platforms, working together to build and scale systematic strategies in global crypto markets.

Interested in exploring this opportunity further? Get in touch as soon as possible to discuss next steps.